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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Number vs numbers
A Labor Department study states that the number of women employed outside the home has increased by thirty-five percent.
New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States.
Guys,
I really get confused in using Number /numbers.... Can someone help me to understand the concept behind it? Why cant the first use numbers and a second one number?
Thank you
New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States.
Guys,
I really get confused in using Number /numbers.... Can someone help me to understand the concept behind it? Why cant the first use numbers and a second one number?
Thank you
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pokh A Labor Department study states that the number of women employed outside the home has increased by thirty-five percent. [Y] because we are only talking about one number. New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States.
- pokh A Labor Department study states that the number of women employed outside the home has increased by thirty-five percent.
- [Y] because we are only talking about one number.
- New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States.
- [Y] because here we are talking about five numbers.
- There are five high numbers, and New Jersey has one of those five high numbers of Lyme disease.
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pokhA Labor Department study states that the number of women employed outside the home has increased by thirty-five percent. [Y] because we are only talking about one number.
New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States. [Y] because here we are talking about five numbers. There are f
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